From rinehuls@access.digex.net Wed Jun 10 19:00:44 1998 Received: from access1.digex.net (qlrhmEbBUV1EY@access1.digex.net [205.197.245.192]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id TAA13309 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 19:00:40 +0200 Received: from localhost (rinehuls@localhost) by access1.digex.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id NAA00693 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:00:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:00:38 -0400 (EDT) From: "william c. rinehuls" To: sc22docs@dkuug.dk Subject: SC22 N2727 - WG17 Convener's Report for SC22 Plenary Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII _______________ beginning of title page __________________________ ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N2727 TITLE: WG17 Business Plan and WG17 Convener's Report for the August 1998 JTC 1/SC22 Plenary - PLENARY AGENDA ITEM DATE ASSIGNED: 1998-06-10 SOURCE Secretriat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 BACKWARD POINTER: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: WG Convener's Report PROJECT NUMBER: N/A STATUS: This document will be on the agenda for the August 1998 JTC 1/SC22 Plenary ACTION IDENTIFIER: FYI DUE DATE: N/A DISTRIBUTION: Text CROSS REFERENCE: N/A DISTRIBUTION FORM: Def Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat William C. Rinehuls 8457 Rushing Creek Court Springfield, VA 22153 USA Telephone: +1 (703) 912-9680 Fax: +1 (703) 912-2973 email: rinehuls@access.digex.net ____________________ end of title page; beginning of report _______ BUSINESS PLAN AND CONVENER'S REPORT: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG17 (PROLOG) PERIOD COVERED: June 1997 - May 1998 SUBMITTED BY: R S Scowen (ISO/IEC JTC1 SC22 WG17 Convener) 9 Birchwood Grove, Hampton, Middlesex United Kingdom TW12 3DU E-mail: rss@cise.npl.co.uk 8 June 1998 1. MANAGEMENT SUMMARY 1.1 JTC1/SC22/WG17 STATEMENT OF SCOPE Development of ISO/IEC standards related to the programming language Prolog. 1.2 PROJECT REPORT 1.2.1 COMPLETED PROJECTS JTC1.22.22.01 -- ISO/IEC 13211-1 Prolog - Part 1: General core ISO/IEC 13211-1 was published in June 1995. So far, no serious problems have been reported. 1.2.2 PROJECTS UNDERWAY JTC1.22.22.02 -- ISO/IEC 13211-2 Prolog - Part 2: Modules CD 13211-2 was approved in a ballot ending in January 1997. A disposition of comments has been published (SC22 N2578), and the FCD, originally is scheduled for December 1997, will be published in May 1998 as SC22 N2xxx (=WG17 N159). If necessary, a meeting wil be scheduled to handle the Disposition of Comments and prepare the publication of the DIS. 1.2.3 NEW PROJECTS None. 1.2.4 COOPERATION AND COMPETITION WG17 has always tried to cooperate with the whole Prolog community. Although many are not well aware of Prolog and its unique functionality, there are many important applications. Where appropriate, WG17 has established contact with other SC22 working groups. There is no direct competition with any other efforts. 2.0 PERIOD REVIEW 2.1 MARKET REQUIREMENTS The Prolog user community has not expressed any wish for changes or extensions to ISO/IEC 13211-1 except for the definition of a module facility (which will be Part 2). 2.2 ACHIEVEMENTS ISO/IEC 13211-1 (Prolog, General core) was published in June 1995. FCD 13211-2 (Modules) was published in May 1998. SC22 WG17's web site is: http://www.sju.edu/~jhodgson/wg17/wg17web.html 2.3 RESOURCES Although resources in general are declining, the future of the current WG17 projects seems to be secured. There is a project editor and backup project editor for Part 2 as well as for the completed core Language Standard. 3.0 FOCUS NEXT WORK PERIOD For the upcoming work period, WG17's main task will be resolving comments received from ISO/IEC FCD 13211-2 and the preparation, publication, and balloting of of the DIS for Part 2. 3.1 DELIVERABLES ISO/IEC 13211-2 Prolog - Part 2: Modules Final CD - Disposition of comments 1998-12-31 Publication of DIS 1999-02-28 Camera ready copy of standard to ITTF 1999-09-30 3.2 STRATEGIES The final CD has been considered inside WG17 prior to publication in order to try and obtain the maximum possible agreement from the countries who voted 'NO' to the CD. 3.2.1 RISKS Further heavy technical comment could delay the Part 2 DIS and standard. However, no problems are anticipated. 3.2.2 OPPORTUNITIES The standard will undoubtedly be more widely adopted when it is freely available electronically over the web. 3.3 WORK PROGRAM PRIORITIES The completion of ISO/IEC 13211-2 has priority at present. 4. OTHER ITEMS This section lists other items that are not part of the "Business Plan" but are appropriate for Convener's Report. 4.1 POSSIBLE ACTION REQUEST AT FORTHCOMING PLENARY None. 4.2 CONVENERS AND PROJECT EDITOR Roger Scowen is WG17 convener, his term of office expires in 2000. The following individuals have been appointed project editors and backup project editors, respectively: JTC1.22.22.01 -- Prolog, Base Language Roger Scowen (main), Jonathan Hodgson (backup) JTC1.22.22.02 -- Prolog, Modules Jonathan Hodgson (main), Roger Scowen (backup) 4.4 ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION WG17 has been working over e-mail for a considerable time now, and all recent discussions and decisions within the working group have been taken using e-mail. 4.5 RECENT MEETING The last meeting of WG17 took place at Schliersee, Bavaria, Germany, 28-30 April 1997. 4.6 FUTURE MEETINGS As soon as the end of the Final CD ballot for ISO/IEC 13211-2 is known, a meeting will be scheduled to handle the Disposition of Comments and the preparation of the DIS. __________________ end of SC22 N2727 _______________________________